Escalation dominance

Escalation dominance refers to a nation's ability to control the escalation ladder in a conflict, ensuring that it can escalate or de-escalate the situation to its advantage.[1]

Examples

After the April 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran, David Ignatius of The Washington Post stated that Israel demonstrated escalation dominance by initiating and concluding the strikes at will, which resulted in Iran not retaliating.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Project Airforce" (PDF). Rand.org.
  2. ^ "Opinion | The unspoken story of why Israel didn't clobber Iran". Washington Post. 2024-04-19. Archived from the original on 2024-04-20. Retrieved 2025-07-20.


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